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Ricola Posts Net Sales Growth Of 4.4% In FY 2018

Swiss cough-drops and breath mints manufacturer Ricola has posted a 4.4% growth in net sales to CHF 339.3 million (€301.5 million) in its financial ye...

Plant Protein Startups Vie To Tap China’s Hungry Market

Start-ups specialising in alternative protein, from eggless eggs to pea-stuffed burgers and cell-grown fish products, are piling into the Chinese territory...

Nestlé Set To Sell First Starbucks Coffee Under $7.15bn Deal

Nestlé will sell Starbucks-branded coffee at grocery stores and online in Europe, Asia and Latin America from this month as it seeks to increase its...

General Mills Names New Group President For Asia And Latin America

General Mills has named Sean Walker as the group president for its Asian and Latin American regions, effective 1 February 2019. Walker will join th...

L'Oréal Posts Strong Fourth Quarter, Boosted By Premium Brands

L'Oréal SA’s high-end cosmetics such as Lancome Monsieur Big mascara came through again over the holidays. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 5.5...

PepsiCo Names Mike Spanos As CEO Of Asia, Middle East, North Africa

Beverage and snack-food giant PepsiCo has announced that Mike Spanos will become the group's new chief executive for Asia, the Middle East and North Africa...

Unilever Sees Spurning Of Global Brands Spread Beyond Asia

The tide is turning against multinational brands, which have been losing market share to local products not just in Asia’s emerging markets but also...

Nestle, L'Oreal See Easy Money Era Killed Off By Asian Brands

Nestle SA is losing buzz to an Indonesian coffee brand famous for brewing civet-cat feces, and L’Oreal SA is losing face to a Chinese skincare brand...

Japan Tobacco Targets Smoker-Heavy Zones As Rivals Go High-Tech

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Ricola Posts Net Sales Growth Of 4.4% In FY 2018

Plant Protein Startups Vie To Tap China’s Hungry Market

Nestlé Set To Sell First Starbucks Coffee Under $7.15bn Deal

General Mills Names New Group President For Asia And Latin America

L'Oréal Posts Strong Fourth Quarter, Boosted By Premium Brands

PepsiCo Names Mike Spanos As CEO Of Asia, Middle East, North Africa

Unilever Sees Spurning Of Global Brands Spread Beyond Asia

Nestle, L'Oreal See Easy Money Era Killed Off By Asian Brands

Japan Tobacco Targets Smoker-Heavy Zones As Rivals Go High-Tech

A Nice American Cigarette Break For Japan Tobacco: Gadfly

Tobacco Tax U-Turn Burns $7 Billion Hole In ITC's Market Cap

Nestle Ramps Up Online Sales to Bolster Turnaround in China

Asia's No. 2 Cigarette Maker Drops After Closing India Factories